The only thing thing that freaked me out bad was the Wheelers. When I was a kid I saw someone across the street dressed as a Wheeler on Halloween and I just froze in fear and refused to go any further.

If I remember correctly it was because they thought American children didn’t want to read about “philosophers” and “sorcerer’s stone” kept the whole magic theme in play. But it feels like they didn’t realize the Philosopher’s Stone is an actual thing from alchemical lore that grants immortality, which would make more sense in the context of the book.

Of course she isn’t. It’s just an exaggerated title side-show promoters would use to get people to buy tickets, since no one really knew what they were in for until they were in the door. People like the “alligator man” would be advertised as hybrid creatures and have posters that would depict a person with the body of an actual crocodile, when really it was just a dude with a scaly looking arm or something.

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